Re: Network doesn't work
On Mon, 15 Feb 1999, Mark Wagnon wrote:
: Mitch Blevins wrote:
: >
: > The newer NetGear cards ship with a floppy that contains their
: > own version of tulip.c which is not necessarily the same tulip.c
: > that is included in your kernel tarball.
: >
: > Replace the tulip.c in the kernel tree with the one included on
: > the floppy and recompile, reboot, etc.
: > Maybe that will work.
: >
: > -Mitch
:
: Are these decent NICs? I'm planning a home network, and I saw NetGear
: cards for about $30 US each. I read that Linux was one of the supported
: OSes, and read on their website that they had their own tulip drivers.
: I've heard a lot of recommendation for tulip-based NICs.
The rev A model with the "Digital" chip is excellent - I have several in
hard use. I have a huge box of the rev B NICs (with the "Netgear" chip)
- haven't had a chance to stress test these yet, but I plan to do so
this week. I'm told you must use the tulip.c found on the Netgear disk
for the rev B NICs ...
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Nathan Norman
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